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Arthur, Tom

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Arthur, Tom
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Arthur, Tom

Sitting Scottish National Party Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley

Politically, you're most like Gilruth, Jenny SNP — similarity 73.1/100.

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Divisions voted in
1,965
last on 24 Mar 2026
Party alignment
99.9%
0.1% rebellion
Attendance
97.2%
57 "Not Voted" of 2,022 divisions present
Motions lodged
242
115 questions · 1 unanswered
Hansard contributions
3,475
1,450 chamber · 2,025 committee
Allowances claimed
£257,901
1,559 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
time ·155 question ·154 bill ·120 stage ·108 portfolio ·107 support ·69 aggregates ·50 devolved ·50 taxes ·50 administration ·50 adhd ·45 autism ·45
Recent motions & questions
Recent rebellions

Divisions where they voted against their party's majority position.

  • Planning
    11 Jun 2025 · they voted Abstain, party voted Yes
Motion success

Of the motions they've lodged that went to a vote, how often did the chamber agree.

Lodged
242
Carried
21
Defeated
0
Not divided
221

Of the 21 motions that went to a vote, 100.0% were carried.

Closest voting allies

MSPs who voted the same way most often across shared divisions.

Furthest apart on votes

MSPs they vote against most often.

MSPs like this one

Composite of voting agreement, sponsorship overlap, and Hansard topic affinity. Weighted 50 / 25 / 25.

Voice fingerprint

Words and phrases this MSP uses far more often than the chamber average (TF-IDF over their Hansard contributions).

npf4 visitor levy renfrewshire south wealth building community wealth heritors pow barrhead statutory pledge neilston visitor economy constituency renfrewshire
Voting drift across sessions

Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.

0.0%
S5 · SNP
0.1%
S6 · SNP
Career arc

Unified timeline: party joinings, seat changes, committee appointments, ministerial roles.

  1. ⌂
    Started representing Unknown constituency
    07 May 2026
  2. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    07 May 2026
  3. ⌂
    Stood down from Renfrewshire South (Dissolution)
    08 Apr 2026
  4. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    08 Apr 2026
  5. ★
    Appointed Minister for Social Care and Mental Wellbeing
    11 Jun 2025
  6. ★
    Left Minister for Employment and Investment
    11 Jun 2025
  7. ★
    Appointed Minister for Employment and Investment
    08 May 2024
  8. ★
    Left Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance
    08 May 2024
  9. ★
    Appointed Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance
    29 Mar 2023
  10. ★
    Left Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth
    29 Mar 2023
  11. ★
    Appointed Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth
    20 May 2021
  12. ⌂
    Started representing Renfrewshire South
    06 May 2021
  13. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    06 May 2021
  14. ☷
    Left Social Security Committee
    04 May 2021
  15. ☷
    Left Finance and Constitution Committee
    04 May 2021
  16. ⌂
    Stood down from Renfrewshire South (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  17. –
    Left Scottish National Party
    04 May 2021
  18. ☷
    Joined Social Security Committee as Member
    25 Feb 2020
  19. ☷
    Left Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
    25 Feb 2020
  20. ☷
    Left Pow of Inchaffray Drainage Commission (Scotland) Bill Committee
    13 Dec 2018
  21. ☷
    Joined Finance and Constitution Committee as Member
    06 Sep 2018
  22. ☷
    Left Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
    06 Sep 2018
  23. ☷
    Joined Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee as Member
    19 Apr 2018
  24. ☷
    Left Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee
    19 Apr 2018
  25. ☷
    Left Writers to the Signet Dependants' Annuity Fund Amendment (Scotland) Bill Committee
    14 Dec 2017
  26. ☷
    Left Edinburgh Bakers' Widows' Fund Bill Committee
    21 Nov 2017
  27. ☷
    Joined Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee as Member
    16 Nov 2017
  28. ☷
    Left Health and Sport Committee
    16 Nov 2017
  29. ☷
    Joined Writers to the Signet Dependants' Annuity Fund Amendment (Scotland) Bill Committee as Member
    14 Jun 2017
  30. ☷
    Joined Pow of Inchaffray Drainage Commission (Scotland) Bill Committee as Convener
    10 May 2017
  31. ☷
    Joined Edinburgh Bakers' Widows' Fund Bill Committee as Convener
    10 May 2017
  32. ☷
    Left Pow of Inchaffray Drainage Commission (Scotland) Bill Committee
    10 May 2017
  33. ☷
    Left Edinburgh Bakers' Widows' Fund Bill Committee
    10 May 2017
  34. ☷
    Joined Pow of Inchaffray Drainage Commission (Scotland) Bill Committee as Member
    19 Apr 2017
  35. ☷
    Joined Edinburgh Bakers' Widows' Fund Bill Committee as Member
    19 Apr 2017
  36. ☷
    Joined Health and Sport Committee as Member
    08 Jun 2016
  37. ☷
    Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Member
    08 Jun 2016
  38. ⌂
    Started representing Renfrewshire South
    05 May 2016
  39. +
    Joined Scottish National Party
    05 May 2016
Who backs their motions most
Whose motions they back most
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    17 Dec 2025
    I assure Mr Rennie that I treat the matter with the utmost urgency. I was grateful to his colleague Alex Cole-Hamilton for participating in the summit on Monda…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    17 Dec 2025
    At Scotland’s first summit on neurodevelopmental support—held, as I said, on 15 December—the focus was on improving our shared understanding of the complexity …
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    17 Dec 2025
    The Scottish Government welcomes the report by the Royal College of Psychiatrists on future provision for neurodevelopmental support in Scotland. I agree that …
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    17 Dec 2025
    That is a really important point. Of course, we are concerned not just with life expectancy, but with healthy life expectancy, and that is a key component of o…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    17 Dec 2025
    I thank Keith Brown for raising those important issues. I assure him that the Scottish Government views emerging technologies as key to a digital first approac…
Committee & government roles

Government

Committee

Allowance — vs. party average (2025)

Per-category claim total for this MSP compared to the average per-MSP total inside their party for the same year. Positive = above party average.

Category MSP Party avg Difference
Engagement costs £13,259 £5,809 +£7,451
Office costs £8,968 £7,961 +£1,007
MSP & staff travel £130 £1,181 −£1,051
Edinburgh accommodation £139 £6,403 −£6,264
Registered interests

40 total · showing most recent.

  • Gifts · 08 Jun 2021
    On 12 August I attended the Edinburgh Military Tattoo held at Edinburgh Castle as a guest of Poppyscotland (a charity supporting ex-Servicemen and women and their families in Scotland of New Haig Hou…
  • Overseas visits · 08 Jun 2021
    From 9 October to 13 October 2016 I was part of a cross party group delegation to Taiwan. The main purpose of this trip was to attend the National Day celebration, also to get to know Taiwan's p…
  • Voluntary · 08 Jun 2021
    I own a £1 share in Barrhead Housing Association.
  • Voluntary · 08 Jun 2021
    I am a member of the Musicians Union.
  • Voluntary · 08 Jun 2021
    I am a former director and shareholder at Velvet Music Ltd.
  • Voluntary · 08 Jun 2021
    I am a former freelance piano teacher.
  • Controlled transactions · 08 Jun 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Heritable property · 08 Jun 2021
    No registrable interests
Career timeline

Party

Seats